Show n n. n a. a j DE i i ALINE CHAPTER 24 4 I WHAT HAS liAS GONE BEFORE i iNan Nan Hardy brilliant young newspaper newspaper news news- paper aper woman oman marries Jocko Weltman Weltman Welt Welt- man In inthe the midst of or an unhappy love lo affair with another man After the marriage she sho ha finds that she loves her husband and for a time they are very happy happ But gradually gradual 1 trouble trouble trou trou- ble lc develops She makes more money than he and he Is sensitive about It One da day when her nerves are frayed she ehe upbraids upbraids' Jocko for lor his He leaves the apartment apartment- forever But after some weeks he i contracts pneumonia and Nan brings him film home and nurses h him back to health At the same time Jocko is offered an excellent business opportunity opportunity opportunity and Nan says she will give gl up her job to make a home for him NAN CHANGES CAREERS CI Nan threw herself into her new newen en enthusiasm being a housewife and an Inspiration Just as completely as she threw herself into anything that I claimed her Interest t. t If II Jocko had h had d his usual clear he might l have e been a little worried at this and urged moderation But what man could have resisted the picture of or Nan de devoting herself entirely to him Ce Certainly I not a aman aman aman man who ho loved her as Jocko Jacko did cUd and who had gone through the inferno of giving her Up forever fore Men who ho are rescued by miracles do not thereafter discount miracles Arid And l d Jocko Jacko w was s decidedly in this class If he had not had that fever e cr J If he lie had not called for Nan Nan Nan- Thank God for delirium Jocko Jacko murmured whenever he thought of that particular incident And here they were with all their dreams come true Well anyway with all aU his dreams And nd now they teemed to be Nans Nan's too What planning there was what conferences on wa ways s 's and means I Jocko with a mans man's disposition to let lct things ride as long as the they rode well vell would never ne have ha thought of oC changes But Nan went into long sessions cessions with rows r of figures and emerged with m many n revised Ideas ONLY JOCKO'S SALARY They would have only l Ills his s salar salary now And while their financial status would have hae seemed affluent to many young joung married couples to Nan it re requIred required re- re managing For Nan was ut utterly utterly utterly ut- ut terly unacquainted with any of oC the things people did to save money Since she had left a comfortable home to be on her own she had found it jt infinitely easier to make 50 than to save 5 Naturally therefore she had never nc bothered with small econ econ- Taking her cue from Harry Gordon Gor Gor- r- r don non she had decided early carly that anything anything any any- thing which took energy was no econ coon economy economy omy at all Hence it had been almost a gospel with her never to walk unless un- un un Ull- less for exercise when she sh-e could go I In a a. taxi never nc to meted mend a 3 pair of stockings when hen in the same time she could turn out an extra story and earn the price of two pairs This was all very cry well when she was aas a wage earner But when she became a a. wage spender alone it was no ho good Her experience c before in trying to run the apart apartment men t on Jocko's Jacko's salary had shown her that Nan never was caught In the same trap twice So now she developed an anel el elaborate rat budget as her first step in the new life The present apartment apartment apartment apart apart- ment was as far tar too expensive So was their present circle It would be easy to change the latter by changing the former lormer So Nan went apartment hunting In a section which she was told was respectable and comfortable and about half hal as costly and fashionable fashionable fashionable fashion fashion- able as the one they were in It She was quite enchanted with the results of other her efforts a comfortable furnished apartment roomy with a nice view In a a. building which allowed children These were the homes of families which had only one wage wage- earner carner Nan thought to herself Hence the they were run on a B solid soUd economical eco eco- economical scale eale with a real living as the im important thing as opposed to the flashy ease of the families with tw two economic heads WORKING FOR LOVE LOPE They had moved and were settled by the time Jocko's convalescence was as up And settled In the present case meant that Nan evolved beautiful beautiful ful and distinctive effects By the time Jocko Jacko was ready to work ork therefore she was all ready to devote herself to the Inspirational side ide of her new task She went over Jocko's Jacko's plans with him helped him to get in sha shape the ideas he wished I to submit to Conway furnished many excellent ideas of oC her own have ha to be the associate editor as soon as we set get et going well enough enough to have one otter Jocko told her hermany hermany many times have C to be 00 going we well 11 enough to pay me mc a a. whopping salary salary sal sal- Im cheap ar ary Nan would reply only when I 1 work for Cor love lots Nans Nan's helpfulness did not end here Sh She found Jocko l Ws his s s secretary Just the girl for the new Job and Jocko was grateful for he never could have found her himself Iva 1 Clarkson was a graduate of one of ot the erudite women's colleges and had learned how to dress her mind but not her her bod body More practical practical practical than most of the college girls who stormed the great creat city elly she had equipped herself with shorthand and typing After leaving colle college c. c she had h.-ad worked in several se magazine of offices of- of flees in capacities which while the they paid aid rather poorly had brou brought t her herIn herin hern In writers and n contact with Ith many artists A NEW JOB This was Just the sort of knowledge led e Jocko Jacko needed as ns Nan quickly realIzed realized real She knew that Inn Iva like Jocko Jacko had been sen serving sef Ing her apprenticeship p waiting for the big opportunity Nan knew that she would work as hard to make mako the magazine succeed d as would Jocko Jacko himself If It Iva possessing all these virtues had also been beautiful Nan might have passed Sed her over and thought of oC someone else For Nan was too much of a natural flirt herself to trust her husband wholly da day in and day out with an any pretty woman But when Nan paid her first visit to the he new office and saw how now little Iva added In decorativeness she beamed on the two of them Jocko W was so ao proud of his Important important tant new desk of or the name of the magazine on the door And Iva with her severe sc dark dress her unbecoming ing haircut whose virtue was as that it kept the hair out of her eyes only seemed part of oC the office furniture Besides she was vas flatteringly defer- defer rent to Nan for whom she entertained entertained enter enter- great admiration Youre going to help us lots arent aren't t you Mrs Weltman Veltman she asked anxiously You wont won't need my help Nan laughed Jocko Jacko took her head between his hands and kissed her as If they had been alone Without you jou ou this shop couldn't be here Iva blushed and became very ery busy at her d desk k ALL IS WELL No decidedly a all was well clI Nan invited Iva to dinner a meal which gave Nan satisfaction since it was the first that represented represent d wise expenditure as well as excellence The Thc pleasant-faced pleasant woman in the apartment across the hall here hall here it seemed one spoke to ones one's neighbors had had told her that the grocery stores in this section while good were half as expensive as M those where Nan had formerly lived Under her direction Nan found a dependable one and after much consultation of or the cook book a meal had been evolved which delighted her housewifely heart and at the same time Lime kept within her budget Yes Indeed there was a column for forgues guests gues entertaining in Nans Nan's s 's cal cal- She was so full of or this exploit which had great sl significance for her that she wanted to talk taU about it but had sufficient restraint to realize that Iva a would not be interested and Jocko would not understand Besides Ira Iva and Jocko were ab absorbed absorbed absorbed ab- ab in their plans for the maga maga- zine Nan forced Coreed to leave the table now nm and then to attend to some de detail de- de tail tall of or the dinner the dinner the budget did not Include a maid found it a little difficult dif dif- to sustain her end and so became a listener a new role for her But after the dishes were cleared away Jocko helping while Iva l roamed about examining books Nan an came Into her own again Iva knew many valuable things but she and Jocko Jacko both exclaimed in admiration admiration admira admira- tion when Nans Nan's mind began to turn turnout turnout out suggestions We ought to start about three magazines with Nan to furnish sh Ideas Jocko declared and a I I echoed his enthusiasm whole heart edly Aft After r their then guest had gone Jocko Jacko pulled Nan down on l his s knee FAVORITE LITERATURE I wonder what torments Im I'm goIng goIng go- go Ing tog to have ha to go through later on to even up matters for such happiness now he lie said MId To think that the prize Jewel of the world as come coma to toa toa a dub like Uke me This and many other sayings a Ings of Jocko carried Nan Nat through h her new routine In high estate She enjoyed being the admirable housewife Just Justas as she had enjoyed being the brilliant newspaper woman I Every morning she shopped basket on arm picking out her own meats meat fruits and vegetables She delved d deeply ply into the mysteries rles of the cook- cook book And one evening Jocko teased her tier because he found her turning first thing to the womans woman's 5 page when she opened a nc newspaper My favorite literature Nan re re- re plied piled and showed him the department department department depart depart- ment Thrifty Recipes You darling he said For he lie knew that all of this was a a. love lobe of of- of fering The apartment was ali kept with the same fastidiousness 5 with which Nan had always kept her person Jocko Jacko used to amuse himself b by trying to find tind a a. little dust Ill bet the radiators haven't been manicured today he would exclaim And then find that they had Ever Everything thIng is is' perfect around here herc but jou you Nan w would uld retort and nd your our time Is coming soon lioon I just saved you ou from being an anold anold old maid Jocko Jacko would rally her I sometimes Without me mC to spread a little dirt and confusion this place would be unfit for mere humans to Inhabit Such remarks usually called forth assault and battery batter followed b by kisses which was perhaps their pur pur- pose IT CANNOT LAST At first unaccustomed to her task Nan managed to fill fut most of or her daytime daytime day day- time lime hours with housewifely duties or it was pleasant to be able to curl up after lunch on the lounge read a book or take a a. nap nal These hours of leisure every cry day seemed a precious indulgence to a girl who had spent her days In an n office The dinner hour when Jocko Jacko came home to some new and new and Inexpensive e feast feast was RS the high spot slot in the day During the evening they would RO JO over some work Jocko had brought home or to a n show or read Only occasionally now did they have company company company com com- pany or go co on expensive e bats for forNan forNan forNan Nan found that when everything was as taken into consideration a a. rather forlorn amount was as left len for Guests entertaining So they went car early to bed In order that Jocko Jacko might get up and be off oU to work in good time Nans Nan's face and figure began to fill fm out her mind grew crew serene serene One Ono day Jocko Jacko for a surprise brought her a knitted sport suit she slie h had d admired She ran to tr try it on and then re returned returned returned re- re turned to wail Jocko something dreadful has happened I 1 have a n figure I There was wa indeed a faint plumpness plumpness plumpness plump plump- ness where before had been only the fashionable stream lines Jocko Jacko laughed aloud Then seizIng her in his arms he said Ill tell you ou this young oun woman Id I'd rather have a woman with a figure figure figure fig fig- ure and no nerves than any temperamental tem tem- l bag of bon bones in It New York And then he gave r a her a kiss that would have ha made Iva Ia Clarkson Clarbon blush indeed Jocko Joco should shoud have been careful TT nc should have ha known that such ch haPl- haPl ppl ness could not last Continued WI Will wm temperamental Nan be caps Capa bic or a sustained effort such as site she l U Is or of It making Will ill she become tired t t. t |